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This is the second time we've ran the Swap in the Middle with You event. It's a pretty simple premise. You start a game and work on it for two weeks. At the end of that fortnight all the games are pooled and then distributed semi-randomly to each other. Then everyone finishes the games they are given over the two weeks.
Rules
Achievements?
As always, there's badges to consider~
Started in the Middle with You, Too - 50MS - Received at the end of the event for those who started a game and had it completed.
Ended in the Middle with You, Too - 50MS - Received at the end of the event for those who finished a game.
Creators are allowed to change the content of the first half of the game this time around, in order to make it fit the end half ideas. It's expected so don't be upset if you find your game has changed between sending it off and getting it back! I highly recommend making your first half a fun game that you don't mind morphing into something else, so as to stave off any protective instincts you may have towards the story and ideas.
If it helps people to disassociate themselves a bit from being clingy with their games think of the first half of the event as you making part of a game for someone else - it's not your game, it's theirs. You're just making it for them to mess with. The second half is where you get to make what your get yours.
Remember, we're doing this for fun, guys, and a big part of that is seeing how someone else takes your ideas and makes them into something else. Ideally we'll see games come from this with interesting changes and twists, so don't get attached to the first halves!
Rules
- Sign up below. Make sure that you're dedicated for the both parts of the event.
- Games must be new and made only for this event.
- You may use any RM engine. Sorry, while it is a neat idea in theory to use any engine, most people who sign up might not have experience in those engines, limiting the ability to finish the games. Please point out if you have the legal or non-legal versions of RPG Maker 2000 and 2003! It won't do anyone any good if I hand you a legal version to finish when you only have the non-legal version to work with, after all!
- If you only have access to a particular RM engine, please note that in the comment section so that I know to account for that when distributing the first half of the games.
- Also, make sure to include an RTP stand-alone version of the game (and include resources) when passing it over so that your partner is not looking for different files to make it work.
- When it comes time to submit, for the first half of the game upload the WIP to the event locker (accessed by Submit in the top corner).
- First halves of games must be in by the time shown under the Details section after you add your time offset in the settings of your account. The Date End reflects this and will be changed when the second halves are handed out.
- The second halves will be submitable by game page ONLY. Make a game page for your game whenever you like, just remember to update the information when the second creator comes into play.
- To keep time realistic, aim for each half to have a half-hour of play at the most. This will make an hour-long game, which is pretty decent for a month of work. You can go over this amount, but remember that the longer the game, the less chance there is to finish it.
- At least 10 minutes of game play time per half!
- In the spirit of the event, don't be a back-seat driver to the second creators. They can take the game where they like - that's half the fun of the event. In fact, let's just say that you keep your fingers out of the game pie after it gets handed over. Make it something of a surprise, eh?
- All games must abide by site rules - pared down to 'no hate speech, no highly sexual content, etc'. If you have questions about what is and is not appropriate, PM Liberty and ask.
Achievements?
As always, there's badges to consider~
Started in the Middle with You, Too - 50MS - Received at the end of the event for those who started a game and had it completed.
Ended in the Middle with You, Too - 50MS - Received at the end of the event for those who finished a game.
Creators are allowed to change the content of the first half of the game this time around, in order to make it fit the end half ideas. It's expected so don't be upset if you find your game has changed between sending it off and getting it back! I highly recommend making your first half a fun game that you don't mind morphing into something else, so as to stave off any protective instincts you may have towards the story and ideas.
If it helps people to disassociate themselves a bit from being clingy with their games think of the first half of the event as you making part of a game for someone else - it's not your game, it's theirs. You're just making it for them to mess with. The second half is where you get to make what your get yours.
Remember, we're doing this for fun, guys, and a big part of that is seeing how someone else takes your ideas and makes them into something else. Ideally we'll see games come from this with interesting changes and twists, so don't get attached to the first halves!
Clown/Joker signs by Brian Edwards
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- 08/25/2018 12:00 AM
- 09/28/2018 01:00 AM
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oh, you're a girl. well, that's... hi i am also a gril
and that said, the reason my title changed was because I changed it for fun after seeing that comment you made so... that was more cause/effect than chance happening
I was kidding about that too, Libby : P
(I still want my cheevos :( )
author=Ozzy
Freaking heck, I now remember that I was once surprised at finding out you were a girl StormCrow, sorry.
No worries. I've been told I "talk like a guy" in person so on the internet yeah, this is not the first time, probably won't be the last.
oh, you're a girl. well, that's... hi i am also a gril
and that said, the reason my title changed was because I changed it for fun after seeing that comment you made so... that was more cause/effect than chance happening
and that said, the reason my title changed was because I changed it for fun after seeing that comment you made so... that was more cause/effect than chance happening
author=StormCrow
I was kidding! lol. But maybe I shouldn't have because occasionally the random things I say actually happen for real like when Liberty's user title became "I will murder you all.".
Oh, uh...author=Liberty
I'm 99.99% sure he's kidding.author=Ozzy
I'm 99.99% sure he isn't.
Sorry, I hate to be that person but it's been happening kind of a lot. I do get it, my default assumption for online entities is also male. And I guess my...bird...avatar is kind of masculine? lol I'm kind of reaching with that one.
Freaking heck, I now remember that I was once surprised at finding out you were a girl StormCrow, sorry.
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I was kidding! lol. But maybe I shouldn't have because occasionally the random things I say actually happen for real like when Liberty's user title became "I will murder you all.".
Oh, uh...
Sorry, I hate to be that person but it's been happening kind of a lot. I do get it, my default assumption for online entities is also male. And I guess my...bird...avatar is kind of masculine? lol I'm kind of reaching with that one.
Oh, uh...
author=Liberty
I'm 99.99% sure he's kidding.
author=Ozzy
I'm 99.99% sure he isn't.
Sorry, I hate to be that person but it's been happening kind of a lot. I do get it, my default assumption for online entities is also male. And I guess my...bird...avatar is kind of masculine? lol I'm kind of reaching with that one.
Jeroen_Sol
Nothing reveals Humanity so well as the games it plays. A game of betrayal, where the most suspicious person is brutally murdered? How savage.
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author=StormCrowauthor=LibertyThere should be an event called FINISH YO' GAMES where you have to finish all of your unfinished projects, ever, within a month, and instead of getting a badge or a reward if you succeed, you get banne if you fail.
There was no finished version of Parallel Shores due to computer issues on my part. Frogge and I have decided to work on it together for a future 'Finish yo games' event tho.
I have no idea what I am saying that was just the first thing to spring to mind when I read 'Finish yo games'. I think you're probably referring to the Revive The Dead thingies.
Yes, because we want to encourage people losing sleep and health over gammak...
author=StormCrowauthor=LibertyThere should be an event called FINISH YO' GAMES where you have to finish all of your unfinished projects, ever, within a month, and instead of getting a badge or a reward if you succeed, you get banne if you fail.
There was no finished version of Parallel Shores due to computer issues on my part. Frogge and I have decided to work on it together for a future 'Finish yo games' event tho.
I have no idea what I am saying that was just the first thing to spring to mind when I read 'Finish yo games'. I think you're probably referring to the Revive The Dead thingies.
If StormCrow ever hosts an event it's going to be a post-apocalyptic game dev survival.
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author=Liberty
There was no finished version of Parallel Shores due to computer issues on my part. Frogge and I have decided to work on it together for a future 'Finish yo games' event tho.
There should be an event called FINISH YO' GAMES where you have to finish all of your unfinished projects, ever, within a month, and instead of getting a badge or a reward if you succeed, you get banne if you fail.
I have no idea what I am saying that was just the first thing to spring to mind when I read 'Finish yo games'. I think you're probably referring to the Revive The Dead thingies.
There will be more. I'd meant to do some last weekend but I had family appear out of nowhere, so plans got changed. I'm hoping to get one done tomorrow and two more this weekend.
Jeroen_Sol
Nothing reveals Humanity so well as the games it plays. A game of betrayal, where the most suspicious person is brutally murdered? How savage.
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Will there be more streams or did I already miss some?
There was no finished version of Parallel Shores due to computer issues on my part. Frogge and I have decided to work on it together for a future 'Finish yo games' event tho.
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author=Liberty
Except it wasn't. It was a bunch of EX-army dudes in 1930s when went up against 10,000 emus and the emus retreated. Like, that's not a war. That's someone's weekend story. People are so fucking dumb.
libby if it makes u feel better i just heard your Emu war rant on the stream and was gently trolling you.
(If I recall correctly the Australian army was crazy heroic during WWI, but I learned this through videogames so I might be wrong. /tangent)
petite edite: I'm most stoked to play Princess Pri since libby and psy are two of my favorite devs. And the next game I really want to play is Parallel Shores...but looking through the list I am not seeing the finished version of it.
My reading comprehension has failed me. I don't know why, but I read the dates as a month ahead each. I'll just have to play some of the hard work you guys did instead!
